Discover how EA and governance give managers the necessary tools for streamlining user services and creating platforms that deliver faster and cheaper services.
It'd be ideal to have versioning support in the core language specs for .NET and Java. But in the absence of such features, you can still do things today to build applications that show resilience in the face of change.
Determining the priorities of one software feature over another can be difficult. Here's how to tackle that challenge.
Understand the five phases of the application lifecycle, and learn which tests to perform in each of them.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 06/01/2006
One of the keys to a successful software development project is participation from the business representatives. Here are a few tactics to help developers work with them.
Move beyond the techno-speak, and learn how you can leverage new features in C# 3.0.
- By Richard Hale Shaw
- 06/01/2006
Take advantage of .NET attributes to provide robust validation for your business objects, while generating user-interface validation automatically.
- By Steve Michelotti
- 06/01/2006
Use Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Database Professionals to extend your team''s functionality and improve collaboration.
- By Cameron Skinner
- 06/01/2006
Application development is messy and unpredictable. Here are three key things a technical leader should do to deliver software in spite of the chaos and change that can accompany a project.
Here's how to look for warning signs that might indicate future problems, and how to balance your design decisions accordingly.
- By Jeff Levinson
- 06/01/2006
ComponentOne is a big player in a niche it helped create, the third-party development space for Microsoft development tools.
- By Patrick Meader
- 05/10/2006
Zimbra is looking to build on its reputation of taking Ajax to the limit.
- By Terrence O'Donnell
- 05/10/2006
Just in time for JavaOne, the JCP approves the openly developed Java EE 5 spec unanimously. The latest platform offers ease-of-use features and an overhauled programming model.
- By Terrence O'Donnell
- 05/10/2006
Learn some simple yet powerful requirements patterns that you can apply to most projects and processes.
- By Martin L. Shoemaker
- 05/01/2006
Learn how to integrate ASP.NET's built-in security tools with the features of your existing site.
See how Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) includes support for advanced typography and layout, rich-media integration, and vector and 3D graphics.
Use Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to build secure distributed solutions that integrate across platforms and interoperate with existing investments.
- By Richard Turner
- 05/01/2006
Learn how you can apply Integration Services to the ETL paradigm in your business.
- By Trey Johnson
- 05/01/2006
With SQL Server 2005''s Report Builder, users have the ability to consume both multidimensional and relational data.
- By Trey Johnson
- 05/01/2006
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